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Sassafras is also known as golden elm and grows throughout the Eastern and Midwestern United States, from Maine to Iowa and south to Texas and Florida. The highest concentration occurs in Arkansas and Missouri. Quite a bit of lore and legend surround the tree. In the early 1600s, ships were sent from England with the sole purpose of collecting sassafras, which was converted into a tonic that people of the era believed to be a fountain of youth, as well as having healing properties. Donald Culross Peattie, writing in A Natural History of Trees of Eastern and Central North America, noted that its reputation as a cure-all dates to 1574 when Nicholas Monardes, known as the physician of Seville, wrote of sassafras, claiming it was a remedy for malaria and large importunate fevers, a comfort for the liver, stomach and head, a cold remedy and an appetite inducement. Sassafras was considered by Native Americans and early settlers to be a cure all for all sorts of ailments. The root bark was once believed to be a curative, capable of treating everything from headaches to malaria, fever, liver problems, stomach aches and colds. In addition, the wood was believed to increase hunger and so was a treasured addition to the hearth fire. Sassafras runes are perfect for divining matters of health and home.
Made from natural sassafras branches with the bark still on them. Each rune is burnt with the symbols of the Futhark rune set, with 25 runes in total including the blank rune. Only natural staining agents (linseed oil) is used to cure the runes, with no varnish or unnatural substances. The branches are tempered by the elements of fire, water, earth, air, and time. Each set of runes is cut from the same branch in order to assure continuity of being. The magical properties of sassafras are well placed in the cultures of Nordic, Wiccan, Druidic traditions. Each rune is woodburned into the wood by hand, not stamped.
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